Two persons sustained bullet injuries after unidentified miscreants opened fire at them on the Biju Expressway near Kutra in Sundargarh district on Friday.
The injured were identified as Bikram Tandon and Sunil Ratnakar. The victims are natives of Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
As per reports, both Tandon and Ratnakar were travelling in a pickup van when four unidentified persons wearing masks intercepted them near Biju Expressway at Kutra.
The miscreants then fired several rounds in which both the persons sustained bullet injuries in chest and other body parts. Later, they were shifted to a hospital in Sundargarh.
A senior police official said, “On getting information, our team reached the spot and started an investigation. Both the injured hail from Chhattisgarh and were coming to a relative’s house in Rourkela when they were attacked.”
He further said, “As both the injured are not in a stable condition, we have not come to any conclusion regarding the exact motive behind the firing incident.”
